Jury
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Concerts
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23 October 1987, afternoon, Cologne Radio Chorus and Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Hans Zender in Cologne
Giacinto Scelsi (Italy): Phlat: “Ein Blitzstahl … under der Himmel offnete sich” for chorus, orchestra and organ;
Scelsi: Hurqualia: Ein anderes Konigreich for five percussionists and orchestra;
Scelsi: Hymnos for orchestra;
Scelsi: Uaxuctum Die Legende der Maya-Stadt for seven percussionists, chorus, and orchestra.
23 October 1987, evening, electronic music concert in Cologne
Ivar Frounberg (Demark): Embryo for violin, piano/synthesizer, string trio, tape, and live electronics;
Michael Obst (Germany): Chansons [text: Erich Fried] for mezzo-soprano, bass clarinet, synthesizer, 2 percussionists, and tape.
24 October 1987, late afternoon, mixed-media concert in Cologne
Bernard Heidsieck (Germany): Derviche/Le Robert;
Michele Metail (Germany): Complements de noms;
Peter Rose (United States): The Pleasures of the Text;
Rose: Secondary Currents (an imageless film);
Rose: Babel;
Bertram Turetsky (United States): That Dada Strain [text by Jerome Rothenberg] for amplified voice and bass.
24 October 1987, evening, mixed-media concert in Cologne
Carola Bauckholt (Germany): Die faule Vernunt, horspiel for 2 voices, 2 horns, contrabass, and 4 percussion;
Gerhard Ruhm (Germany): Angelus [45′].
24 October 1987, evening vocal concert in Cologne
Claudio Monteverdi (Italy): “Si ch’io vorrei morire”;
Monteverdi: “Quel augellin che canta”;
Monteverdi: “Zefiro torna”;
Gunther Becker (Germany): Linie, Zirkel, Kreis [text: Kurt Marti] for five solo singers;
Carlo Gesualdo (Italy): “Resta di darmi noia”;
Gesualdo: “Al mio gioir il ciel si fa sereno”;
Gesualdo: “Moro lasso al mio duolo”;
Mateo Flecha: La justa for four singers;
Jakob Jez (Yugoslavia): Cacchia barbara for five vocal soloists;
Clement Jannequin (France): “Martin”;
Jannequin: “Fyez vous y si vous voulez”;
Jannequin: “Les cris de Paris”.
25 October 1987, afternoon concert of solo and chamber works in Cologne
Yori-Aki Matsudaira (Japan): Reunion for two violins tuned a quarter-tone apart;
Isang Yun (Korea): Sonatina for two violins;
Makota Shinohara (Japan): Jushichingen-No-Umare (The Birth of the Bass Koto) for 17-string koto;
Jacqueline Fontyn (Belgium): Cheminement for soprano and ensemble;
Theodore Antoniou (Greece): Kreta-Grosser Traum, cantata for speaker, soprano, tenor, and instrumental ensemble.
25 October 1987, afternoon, Leonardo Quartet in Cologne
Sergio Ortega (Chile): Acoso y muerte de un hombre for string quartet;
Hans Zender (Germany): Holderlin Lesen for string quartet and speaker;
Luigi Nono (Italy): Fragmente-Still, au Diotima for string quartet.
25 October 1987, evening, German Chamber Orchestra of Frankfurt in Cologne
Luca Lombardi (Italy): Tre pezzi for two pianos and orchestra;
Gyorgy Ligeti: Cello Concerto;
Urs Peter Schneider (Switzerland): Orchesterbuch, 8 ceremonies to a text by Robert Walser;
Arnold Schoenberg (Austria/United States 1874-1951): Suite in alten Stil for string orchestra.
25 October 1987, evening, “Elekronische Nacht: Latinamerika–Europa” in Cologne
Masias Maiguaschca (Germany, b. Ecuador): F-Melodies for violoncello, percussion, and computer sounds;
Gabriel Valverde (Argentina): Una Musica, un Rumor, un Simbolo for concrete and electronic sounds;
Thomas Kessler (Switzerland): Flute Control for flute and computer;
Eduardo Caceres (Chile): Encuentros para un Fin de Siglo for fixed media tape;
Alberto Scunio (Argentina): Impulso y Medida for percussion and tape;
Hans Ulrich Humpert (Germany): Annaherung an Francesco Petrarca, horspiel of speech and public sounds;
Tim Souster (England): The Transistor Radio of St. Narcissus for flugelhorn, tape, and live electronics;
Bernardo Kuczer (Argentina): Ejercicio de Aire: 2/c + c/2 x 2 from Civilization or Barbarism for fixed media electronics.
26 October 1987, afternoon concert of solo and chamber works in Cologne
Marcella Mandanici (Italy): Steps for solo piano;
Douglas Young (England): Dream-Landscape, Book II for solo piano;
Meredith Monk (United States): One-Man-Cha-Cha for voice and piano (based on material from The Games (1983) and Turtle Dreams (1982));
Horatiu Radulescu (Romania): Frenetico il longing di amara for bass voice, bass flute, and sound icon (bowed vertical piano)
26 October 1987, late afternoon concert of solo and chamber works in Cologne
Eugen-Mihai Marton (Romania/Germany): Die Taube des fernen Pinienhaines (Psalm 56) for bass flute;
Kaija Saariaho (Finland): Lichtbogen for nine instruments and live electronics;
Ella Lazar (Israel): Poem for voice and instrumental ensemble [text: Pinhas Yasar];
Robert H. P. Platz (Germany): Maro und Stille for soprano, violin, piano, 5 wind instruments, timpani, and chorus.
26 October 1987, late afternoon, Ensemble Modern [Frankfurt] conducted by Ernest Bour in Cologne
Emmanuel Nunes (France, b. Portugal): Wandlungen for 25 instruments and live electronics;
Ludwig van Beethoven (Germany/Austria 1770-1827): Violin Concerto, op. 61.
27 October 1987, morning, in Bonn
Zbigniew Rudzinski (Poland): Die Mannequins, one act chamber opera [libretto by Bruno Schulz].
27 October 1987, late afternoon concert of solo and chamber works in Bonn
Jerome De Bromhead (Ireland): Flux for harpsichord;
Klarenz Barlow: Canzonetta and Spright the Diner for piano trio;
Pauline Oliveros (United States): Portraits of Marilyn, Ursula, Deborah, and Marianne for piano 8-hands;
Oliveros: Gathering Together for piano 8-hands;
Dieter Schnebel (Germany): Stichworte–Stichnoten;
Kevin Volans (South Africa): White Man Sleeps for 2 harpsichords, viola da gamba, and percussion.
27 October 1987, evening, new mixed media musical theater in Bonn
Vinko Globokar (France): Les Emigres in 3 parts:
Misere for five speakers, jazz trio, and pre-recorded orchestra;
Realites / Augenblicke for film, slides, and tape;
Sternbild der Grenze for orchestra, puppet show, and seven singers.
28 October 1987, early afternoon concert of ensemble pieces in Frankfurt
Magnus Lindberg (Finland): Zona for violoncello and seven instruments;
Christian Wolff (United States): Long Peace March for chamber emsemble;
Frederic Rzewski (United States): Coming Together for voice and instruments.
28 October 1987, late afternoon concert of ensemble pieces in Frankfurt
Diego Legrand (Uruguay): Momento II for clarinet, violoncello, and piano;
Franco Donatoni (Italy): Arpege for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, piano, and vibraphone;
Jose Luis Campana (Argentina): Vox Faucibus Haesit for for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, and piano;
Andre Richard (Switzerland): Musique du Rue for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, piano, percussion, and tape.
28 October 1987, evening, Ensemble InterContemporain conducted by Arturo Tamayo in Frankfurt
Iannis Xenakis (France): Jalons for 15 instruments;
Klaus Huber (Switzerland): Erinnere dich an G … for solo double-bass and 18 instruments;
Georges Koumendakis (Greece): Symmolpa III for five instrumental groups;
Pascal Dusapin (France): Niobe (ou le rocher de Sipyle) for soprano, 12 mixed voices, and eight instrumentalists.
29 October 1987 late afternoon concert of mostly percussion music in Frankfurt
Kenneth Gaburo (United States): Antiphony 8 (Revolution) for percussion and 4-channel tape;
Klaus Hinrich Stahmer (Germany): The Scratch Project: Acts, Act 2 for solo percussionist/actor/dancer playing 40 instruments;
George Crumb (United States): An Idyll for the Misbegotten for amplified flute and drums;
Istvan Marta (Hungary): A Doll’s House Story for four percussionists.
29 October 1987 evening, London Sinfonietta conducted by Lionel Friend in Frankfurt
Claude Debussy (France): Syrinx for unaccompanied flute;
Maurice Ravel (France): Introduction et Allegro for flute, clarinet, string quartet, and harp;
Colin Matthews (England): Sun’s Dance for 10 players;
Man-Bang Yi (South Korea): Erinnerung for chamber ensemble;
Igor Stravinsky (Russia/France/United States): Suite from L’histoire du soldat for flute, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, violin, double-bass, and percussion.
29 October 1987 evening performance and installation in Frankfurt
Alvin Lucier (United States): Bird and Person Dyning (1975);
Lucier: Music of Pure Waves, Bass Drums, and Acoustic Pendulums (1980);
Lucier: Music for a Solo Performer (1965).
30 October 1987, late afternoon concert of solo and chamber works in Frankfurt
Jurg Wyttenbach (Switzerland): D'(H)ommage oder Freu(n)de, nicht… for unaccompanied trombone (composed for the 50th anniversary of the Swiss ISCM Section);
Luc Ferrari (France): Scene du va et vient for bass clarinet, violoncello, contrabass, and actor;
Mia Schmidt (Germany): ihre Geschichte for vocal soloists and ensemble [texts by the composer and Christa Reinig].
30 October 1987, evening concert of ensemble works “Itineraire (Paris)” in Frankfurt
Tristan Murail (France): Desintegrations for 17 instruments and tape;
Michael Levinas (France): La montee des oiseaux for contrabass
Levinas (France): Concerto pour piano espace No. 2 for piano, flute, trumpet, violoncello, percussion, and 4-channel tape;
Gerard Zinsstag (Switzerland): Artifices for ensemble and live electronics;
Luc Brewaeys (Belgium [Flanders]): untitled new work
30 October 1987, evening performance in Frankfurt
Friedrich Schenker (Germany): Missa nigra “Kammerspiel II” for seven instrumental players, actor, conductor, and tape.
31 October 1987
Wlodzimierz Kotonski (Poland): Lyrische Szenen for chamber ensemble;
Ase Hedstrom (Norway): Right After for chamber ensemble;
Werner Heider (West Germany): Commission [text: Ezra Pound] for baritone and chamber ensemble;
Elzbieta Sikora (Poland): Abeer: Guernica–Hommage a Pablo Picasso for 16-voice unaccompanied chorus;
Blaz Trumpy (Switzerland): Kanons, Motetten und Hymnen aus “Polyptychon” for unaccompanied vocal ensemble.
31 October 1987, evening concert of symphonic music in Frankfurt
Michael Gielen (Austria): Ein Tag tritt hervor (Un dia sobresale) [text: Neruda] for piano, vibraphone, marimba, harmonium, ondes martenot, and electric guitar with five instrumental groups and voices;
Mario Garuti (Italy): A la fenetre recelant for orchestra;
Mauricio Kagel (Argentina/Germany): Ein Brief, concert scene for mezzo-soprano and orchestra;
George Lopez (United States): Landscape with Martyrdom for orchestra.
1 November 1987, morning performance and reading in Frankfurt
John Cage (United States, b. 1912; d. 1992): Music for 13 (2 versions)
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1 November 1987, afternoon concert featuring Karlsruhe’s Ensemble 13 conducted by Manfred Reichert in Frankfurt
David Coppoolse (Netherlands): Canto XVII [from Dante Alighieri’s Divina Commedia] for instrumental ensemble;
Reinhard Febel (Germany): Nocturne I for two opposing instrumental groups;
Stephen Reeve (England): La flamme lumineuse for flute, violoncello, and piano;
Wolfgang Rihm (West Germany): Chiffre VII for piano and chamber ensemble.
1 November 1987, afternoon retrospective concert “IGNM 1923-1987” in Frankfurt
Ernst Krenek (Austria/United States): String Quartet No. 3;
Younghi Pagh-Paan (South Korea): Aa-Gai for unaccompanied violoncello:
Roger Tessier (France): Scene 3 for violoncello and tape;
Riccardo Formosa (Australia): Iter for unaccompanied violoncello;
Paul Hindemith (Germany): Quintet for clarinet and string quartet, op. 30.
1 November 1987, closing concert in Frankfurt
Karlheinz Stockhausen (West Germany): Xi for flute;
Stockhausen: Drachenkampf und Argument (from Donnerstag aus Licht, Act 3) for tenor, bass, trumpet, trombone, synthesizer, percussion, and 2 dancers;
Stockhausen: Vision (final scene of Donnerstag aus Licht) for tenor, trumpet, electronic organ, magnetic tape, and dancer;
Stockhausen: Donnerstags-Abschied (Michaels Abschied) for trumpet on 5-track recording.
Sources
Nicolas Slonimsky, Music Since 1900, Sixth Edition edited by Laura Kuhn (Schirmer Reference, 2001), pp. 750-753.
(annotated by Frank J. Oteri, in progress)